At Least 30 Wounded as Israeli Commandos Sneak Into West Bank Village
Military Claimed Arrest of 'Terrorist' in Offensive
At least 30 Palestinians were wounded today when a group of Israeli commandos were caught sneaking into a West Bank village dressed as “Arab vegetable vendors,” prompting a full military offensive against the villagers in the marketplace.
When the commandos were discovered, the military says it changed the offensive from a “covert operation to an overt one,” with regular troops bombarding the area with tear gas, as villages threw rocks at the soldiers.
The Israeli military downplayed the incident, saying that soldiers received “superficial injuries” and that a “terrorist” was captured in the offensive, though the name of the captive was not released.
The bulk of the injuries, of course, were not military but were civilians, as the Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds. It doesn’t appear that any of the injuries were life threatening on either side, fortunately.
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tadzio
January 1st, 2013 at 11:44 pm
Military who conduct operations without uniforms are criminals. In war they are subject to being killed even though they surrender. The IDF is a criminal organization.
notinmyname
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:45 am
And these people object when you call them Nazis! I can't see the difference.
backblow
January 2nd, 2013 at 2:06 am
Who ever said the IDF was competent?
Yonatan
January 2nd, 2013 at 2:21 am
The IDF is caught again using real inhabited villages for live training. No civilized country does this.
curmudgeonvt
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:02 pm
The poor Israelis…victims…again…
curmudgeonvt
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:02 pm
The poor Israelis…victims…again…
richard vajs
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Both of your sentences are correct and do not conflict —- Israel is not a civilized country.
JOHN JOHN
January 2nd, 2013 at 1:11 pm
I understand Israel is having a problem with black African's slipping into Israel. It's a wonder they don't send them to Gaza, the West bank ,or the USA.
Frank
January 2nd, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Gutless Cowards that deserve to be killed for using the civilian population as cannon fodder
Israel can do as it please no laws moral or legal have jurisdiction over that Zionist regime
Belqasem
January 2nd, 2013 at 5:40 pm
When the headlines use such soft terms as "sneak into a village" it gives the impresion these Nazi Jews as clever people defending their homes. The headline should have read "attacked" or "marched" into the village. The Israelis captured no terrorists but Jewish terrorists attacked the village and took a Palestinia as hostage for defending his home and village..
Andrewp111
January 2nd, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Why not? Israel has real, enemy inhabited villages to use for training. Few countries have such natural "assets". With all the cash we are giving them, Israel should let the USA train there too (under cover of course).